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A Review of the Sony Ericsson Spiro
The second model in Sony’s newly revamped “Walkman” range of mobile phones is the Spiro, a compact handset aimed at music lovers or simply people not interested in the all singing, all dancing smartphones.
Being a slide style of handset, the Sony Ericsson benefits from having a compact footprint. Measuring 92 x 48 x 17mm, the handset weighs in at a very lightweight 90g. Although deeper than many phones available (due to the slider design), the other measurement are small enough, and the curved edges of the Spiro mean it is designed to fit nicely in the palm of your hand. The front of the phone is dominated by the screen. The 2.2″ TFT display is capable of showing a resolution at QVGA quality, backed up with a not unreasonable palette supporting up to 256,000 colours. A glance beneath the screen and you will find the physical keys, all based around the cental navigational button. Being a Walkman handset means the fascia also features the keys for audio playback operation, saving the need to access various menus in order to hear your music. The handset comes supplied with just 5MB of internal memory, luckily though expansion up to 16GB is possible thanks to the inclusion of a microSD card slot.
The main draw of the Sony Ericsson Spiro is it excellent multi media functionality. The main aspect of this is the audio playback. Supporting a huge range of formats and including an RDS FM radio, the Spiro really is a versatile unit with regards to music. Using Sonys own version 4.0 Walkman Player Software the whole user interface is very well considered and laid out. Tracks can be searched by artist album or genre and the user has the facility to create their own playlists. Album Artwork is also supported on the Spiro, further enhancing the look of the interface. A handy feature entitled TrackID is also featured on the phone. What this does is record a small segment of any song, then search the internet to bring you lots of information about the snippet, a very handy feature if you ever hear a song and want to know more about it. The Spiro has also been fitted with a handy 3.5mm headphone socket, allowing the user to select their own choice of headset to use, or utilising the in built bluetooth technology this could even be done without the need for wires.
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